PHYSICS DICTIONARY

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Thomson Thermo-Electric Effect

It is the designation of the potential gradient along a conductor which accompanies a temperature gradient, the magnitude and direction of potential varies with substance. The coefficient of Thomson effect or specific heat of electricity is expressed as joules per coulomb per degree centigrade.

Thorium Series

 A radioactive decay series which begins with thorium of mass number 232 and ends with non–radioactive isotope of lead of mass number 208.

Thyrsitor

The thyristor is a four-layered, three terminal semiconducting device, with each layer consisting of alternately N-type or P-type material. It has two stable states, and used as an electronic switch.

Time Dilation

One of consequences of theory of relativity which says that “A moving clock always appears to go slow “. “ Every clock appears to go at its fastest rate when it is at rest relative to the observer. Its rate appears to go on slowing by a factor  sqrt[1-v2/c2)] as its velocity ‘v’ relative to observer goes on increasing.  Where ‘v’ is velocity of observers frame relative to reference frame in which clock is placed.

Time Period

Length of time it takes a particle to make one oscillation

or

Time taken by particle in a wave to complete one vibration.

Time

 Time is presence of motion and forces in universe. Time is a real phenomenon which changes continuously. It is measured by comparison to other motions.

Tisza’s Two Fluid Model

 According to this hypothesis, liquid Helium consists of two independent components normal fluid and super fluid. The normal fluid has energy in excess of zero point energy and behaves as an ordinary liquid and possess no unusual properties except that it is liquid at low temps and the super fluid possess only zero point energy, zero entropy, zero viscosity.

Tone

 When a musical instrument produces sound of a single frequency, it is called as tone.

Torque

 The moment of a force; the measure of force’s tendency to produce torsion and rotation about an axis, equal to vector product of radius vector from axis of rotation to the point of application of force and the force vector.

Total Energy Density

Total energy density of radiation at a point is equal to the total radiant energy enclosed per unit volume around that point for all wavelengths.

Total Internal Reflection

When angle of incidence of a ray travelling from denser to rarer medium is greater than the critical angle, no refraction occurs. The incident ray is reflected back in same medium. The phenomenon is called as total internal reflection. 

Toughness

It is measure of ability of a material to absorb energy up to fracture point.

Transducer

 A device which converts energy from one form to another. For instance, a loud speaker is a transducer that transforms electrical signals into sound energy.

Transformer

 It is an AC static device that transfers electric power from one circuit to another. It raises or lowers the voltage in a circuit but with a corresponding decrease or increase in current.

Transient Equilibrium

The parent and daughter radioactive nuclides can also exist in a transient state of equilibrium in which their activities are not equal but differ by a constant fraction. This happens when the half life of the parent is only slightly higher than that of the daughter.

Transistor

Semiconductor device which consists of two PN junctions formed by sandwiching either P-type or N-type semiconductor between a pair of opposite types. The prefix ‘trans’ means signal transfer property of device while ‘istor’ classifies it as solid element in same general family with resistance.

Transistor Biasing

The proper flow of zero signal collector current and the maintenance of proper collector – emitter voltage during the passage of signals is known as transistor biasing.

Transition Temperature (Superconductivity)

The temperature at which resistance of a substance disappears is called as transition temperature.

Translatory Motion

 Motion of object is said to be translatory under following conditions: i) Every particle of the body experiences the same linear displacement, velocity and acceleration as any other particle of body. ii) All particles travel along parallel paths which may be straight or curved. iii) It can be produced or changed by an unbalanced force. 

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